Ayunda Risu has released her own take on Blue, the song that turned Yung Kai from a bedroom musician into one of the biggest breakout stories in recent memory. It’s a bold pick — “Blue” isn’t just popular, it’s the kind of song that’s been covered thousands of times over by everyone from bedroom acoustic acts to full K-pop idols. Risu throwing her voice into that ring says something about how much she trusts her own instrument.
What Makes “Blue” Such a Hard Song to Follow
The original Blue came out in August 2024 and quietly became inescapable. Yung Kai wrote and produced it entirely on his own, and the story behind it is almost embarrassingly simple: he was watching the Chinese drama When I Fly Towards You with a girl he liked, and poured everything he was feeling in that moment into the song. Two weeks later it was finished. Within a year it had crossed a billion streams and topped charts across Southeast Asia, landing in the top ten in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore along the way. That’s the bar any cover of this song has to clear — not just technically, but emotionally. The song lives or dies on whether the vocalist can sell that specific ache of watching something slip away in real time.
Why This Is a Natural Fit for Ayunda Risu
Risu has spent years building a reputation inside hololive Indonesia as one of the group’s most vocally flexible members — she’s known for a genuinely wide range and the ability to shift between registers on command, which is part of why fans have long pushed her toward more original music and solo vocal projects. A song like Blue, which leans on restraint and control in its lower register before opening up, plays right into that skill set. It’s a different kind of showcase than the high-energy Indonesian folk medleys and group numbers she’s known for.
A Cover With No Frills
This release arrived through COVER Corp.’s distribution pipeline as a straightforward audio single, without an accompanying music video for now. That’s worth noting for fans expecting a full visual rollout — right now this is Risu’s voice and the song, nothing else competing for attention. Sometimes that’s the better move for a cover like this one; Blue was never about spectacle in the first place.
The Bigger Picture
Hololive Indonesia has a long history of its talents covering viral hits and giving them a second life within the fanbase, and Blue is exactly the kind of song built for that treatment — intimate, melodically simple, and already deeply familiar to a global audience. Whether Risu’s version becomes a fan favorite in its own right or stays a one-off, it’s a good sign that she’s still reaching for material that pushes her as a vocalist rather than playing it safe.
Track Credits
- Title: Blue
- Vocals: Ayunda Risu
- Original Song By: Yung Kai
- Label: COVER Corp.
- Released: August 7, 2026
▶ Watch: Ayunda Risu — Blue (Cover) on YouTube
